COMING SOON! We’re pleased that some of you have already received your new pink bags for recycling household batteries at the kerbside, but we didn’t expect people to fill them and put them out so quickly! We’re delighted that you are keen and applaud your efforts to recycle, but we’re really sorry that we are not quite ready to pick them up yet. Apologies, our fault for not giving you a date, but we’ll be ready to collect them in a few weeks’ time when everyone across the region has received their recycling bags.
You’ll be able to recycle full, partially used, rechargeable and normal type batteries including AA, AAA, C, D, 6V, 9V, mobile phone, laptop, and button batteries soon.
We’ve sent all residents a pink recycling bag to make it easy to recycle household batteries.
This will prevent fires and explosions at our waste treatment facilities from batteries that have been put in with waste and recycling collections.
It's also better for the environment as the valuable materials in batteries can be recovered and reused.
How to use your pink recycling bags
Fill your pink recycling bag with your unwanted household batteries, seal it and leave it on top of your general waste or recycling bin (or sack). Do not leave it on your food waste bin and do not leave loose batteries on or near your bins.
How to get a new pink recycling bag
When we collect your full battery recycling bag we'll leave a new one under your bin lid.
If you use a sack or communal bin you can collect a new bag from one of our customer service centres.
You can also order bags online.
What goes in your pink recycling bags
We can recycle full, partially used, rechargeable and normal type batteries, including:
We can also recycle batteries from:
- toys
- laptops
- mobile phones
- watches
- hearing aids
What does not go in your pink battery recycling bags
We can only accept batteries that will fit in your pink battery recycling bag. Anything larger, like car batteries, you can take to a recycling centre.
Electronic cigarettes and vapes cannot be recycled in your pink bag. These can be returned to many supermarkets or the shops you bought them from.